{"type":"document","data":{"id":"9f908913-65c3-4f74-afc6-591742b86489","localeString":"en-GB","publishDate":"2026-02-24T14:29:04.265+01:00","contentType":"onecms:productPage","hasMacro":false,"flexPageMetadata":{"afmBanner":false,"robotInstruction":{"noIndex":false,"noFollow":false},"description":"What does KYC mean for ING  Business customers? Why is it important for ING? Read everything you need to know here!"},"mainHeaderZone":{"componentType":"productHeader","coreHeader":{"body":"To safeguard the integrity of the financial sector and of ING itself, now and in the future, we need to know our customers well. Just like you, we want to know who we are doing business with. Knowing our customers and their financial activities is what we call KYC. That stands for ‘Know Your Customer’.","headerImage":{"transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/cae7f7eb-2070-400f-86e7-6b159ae4236a/Close-up-of-hands-holding-magnifying-glasses-looking-at-ferns","type":"image","width":6000,"altTextEN":"\"\"","altTextNL":"\"\"","altTextFR":"\"\"","altTextDE":"\"\"","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/26b3ffff4a496439/original/Close-up-of-hands-holding-magnifying-glasses-looking-at-ferns.jpg","extension":"jpg"},"title":"Know Your Customer for business clients","subtitle":"As a customer, you entrust us with your banking. That is not something you do lightly. You can therefore count on us to handle your money and data with care."},"backLink":{"textLink":{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc","text":"Know Your Customer (KYC)"}}},"flexZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Becoming a customer?"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p>If you want to become a customer of ours, we need your personal data. We will also ask you a number of questions. For example, about your source of income or your company. Are you already a customer? Then we will continue to ask you questions to keep your data up-to-date. We also monitor payment transactions. Sometimes we therefore ask questions about your transactions.</p>"},"alignedImage":{"position":"top","transformBaseUrl":"https://assets.ing.com/transform/1abf4d52-2e3d-4d9c-ac07-d42e08a0e0e8/Medium_Office-365-and-Newsletters-Young-businesswoman-sat-on-the-floor-using-her-laptop-Exclusive-usage-for-ING-Private-Banking","original":"https://assets.ing.com/m/336378e606c418dc/original/Medium_Office-365-and-Newsletters-Young-businesswoman-sat-on-the-floor-using-her-laptop-Exclusive-usage-for-ING-Private-Banking.jpg","extension":"jpg"}},{"componentType":"sectionTitle","title":"Working together on a safe financial system"},{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p>Monitoring the financial system is our responsibility. Unfortunately, sometimes attempts are made to abuse banks. Also us. Think of attempts at money laundering, corruption or financing criminal organizations. We do everything we can to combat such illegal activities and adhere to national and international laws and regulations that try to prevent and reduce abuse of the financial system.</p>"}},{"componentType":"linkList","iconTitle":{"title":"Everything about UBO"},"textLinks":[{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/ubo","text":"Questions and answers regarding UBO"}]},{"componentType":"linkList","iconTitle":{"title":"More information"},"textLinks":[{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc","text":"KYC  for business"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/becoming-a-customer","text":"Becoming a customer"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/being-a-customer","text":"Being a customer"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/how-am-i-sure-that","text":"How am I sure ING is approaching me?"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/laws-and-regulations","text":"Laws and regulations"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/taxable-abroad","text":"Taxable Abroad"},{"url":"/en/business/customer-service/kyc/client-profile-commercial-property","text":"Client profile commercial property"}]}]},"legalZone":{"flexComponents":[{"componentType":"paragraph","richBody":{"value":"<p><small class=\"footnote\">🛈 We offer the English information on ING.nl as an additional service. This information was translated from Dutch, and in case of any inconsistency, the original Dutch text shall prevail.</small></p>"}}]}}}